The United States National Transport Security Committee (NTSB) has investigated a fatal car accident on weekends in Texas. The accident occurred in Katy, west of Houston, where a car stormed into a house, killing a 76-year-old resident. The National Road Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the United States had previously been involved.
The accident happened in Katy, Texas.
According to reports, the deceased was 76 years old Martha Avila. The family has brought proceedings against the drivers Michael Butler and Tesla, alleging negligence on both sides.
One of the main points of the accident was whether the Tesla auxiliary driving function was activated prior to the collision of the vehicle. The driver allegedly told local law enforcement officials that Autopilot of Tesla was being used before the incident.
The driver's statement was inconsistent with Tesla's statement.
Tesla subsequently indicated that the vehicle data available to the company indicated that the driver would have stepped on the pedal at that time. This operation will overwhelm the Full Self-Driving software control that the vehicle is more likely to be running.
Tesla stated that the vehicle had risen to 73 miles per hour before it hit the house. According to the company, the accident was not caused by the system ' s sole control of the vehicle, but by the driver ' s input, which directly changed the condition of the vehicle.
CarLog or key to investigation
However, Tesla has not yet disclosed more evidence to support this claim. With parallel investigations by NTSB and NHTSA, the regulators are likely to require companies to submit operating logs generated by vehicle-borne computers.
These data are expected to be key materials in the course of a reduction accident, including pre-crash vehicle velocity, driver operations and whether the auxiliary driving system was activated at that time.